Why Some Programmers Will Never Hand Coding Over to AI

Programming is Art

A developer reflects on the divide between those who code for money and those for whom programming is art. The author, who built startups and eventually shifted to management, admits coding became just a job. But true programmers, he argues, write code for the love of the process, regardless of income, and will never delegate it to AI agents. He draws a parallel to writing, which he refuses to outsource to AI because the act itself is art.